[Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 47: Thanksgiving in the sunshine

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The trio that constitutes the portraits of Eli are my favourites. She
really is quite photogenic.

I love cask strength whiskies, so what is the name of the Danish one that
leads to that wonderful reaction captured in 47_21.

Just opened a bottle of a strong (50% ABV, i.e.100 proof), though not cask
strength, Islay malt, Port Charlotte 10 yo, which is the peated expression
from Bruichladdich Distillery. Excellent stuff at a reasonable price.
Pernod Ricard are to be commended that they are not falling prey to the
price inflation (at l;east for now) that the bean counters of
conglomerates  are inflicting on standard brands like Ardbeg, Lagavulin,
Laphroaig, Highland Park and, most of all, Macallan ( a bottle of Macallan
18yo sherry cask which I used to purchase for GBP85 a decade ago costs
around GBP400 today quite Leicaesque!) - just because they are popular,
and, unfortunately, this increase in prices is accompanied by a distinct
fall in quality in most cases. Laphroaig 10 yo, for example, has become an
unrecognisable tamed beast, and quite undrinkable at 40% ABV today!

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 11:34 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> The main event during the last week of November was Thanksgiving. As we do
> every year, we invited about 15 of our local friends for a Thanksgiving
> dinner. They find the traditional dishes very exotic, and of course the
> turkey is the main attraction, along with the various side dishes and pecan
> pie (I dislike pumpkin, so the pumpkins are just for decoration, not human
> consumption)—and of course copious amounts of wine. It all started a week
> earlier, when my wife set up the large table in our covered front terrace
> and the work continued during the week with shopping, preparation of what
> could be made in advance, etc. We had the dinner on Thursday night, not the
> most convenient day given that it is just a normal working day, as is the
> following day. But my wife wants it to be as close to a US Thanksgiving as
> possible, so it is done on the day.
>
> Besides Thanksgiving, I also tested another film in the Adox HR developer
> that I am considering making my standard developer for all films. This week
> it was Fuji Acros, in my Leica M2, using my lovely colleague Eri and the
> new crop of trainees as my test subjects. I continue to find that people
> really relate to these B&W portraits of them shot using a camera and lens
> that were both produced by the craftsmen (and women) of Wetzlar before any
> of them were born.
>
> Finally, there is also an evening walk in Alicante to look at the lights
> of the season.
>
> It’s all here:
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> https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4171
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> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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